Marry, F*Ck, Kill... Movie Edition.

Buy - LA Confidential
Rent - Heat
Throw Away - The Departed

Marry: Kim Bassinger (LA Conf)
frick: Vera Farmiga (Departed)
Kill: Ashley Judd (Heat)

She is so hot in The Departed.

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Marry: Kim Bassinger (LA Conf)
frick: Vera Farmiga (Departed)
Kill: Ashley Judd (Heat)

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Nice spin off.

Marry:Vera Farmiga (The Departed)
F*ck: Kim Basinger (LA Confidential)
Kill: Diane Venora (Heat)

All the women in Heat were awful. I get it, their husbands weren't exactly good guys, but slept around like it wasn't no big deal.

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All the women in Heat were awful. I get it, their husbands weren't exactly good guys, but slept around like it wasn't no big deal.

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Yeah, but that arse.

Buy: LAC
Rent: The Departed
Throw away: Heat

I really enjoyed Heat but Pacino's typical hammish overacting puts it in the round file.

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The rent/throw away choice was tough. What tipped it for me is I remember exactly how exhilarating it felt when I first saw The Departed in theaters as a new movie. L.A. Confidential is great but I saw it over a decade after it came out on a random evening at home.

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Probably why The Departed was a semi easy top choice for me. It was the only one I saw in theatres of the three and I was blown away. Stuck with me for a few days after.

This past week was actually my first time watching Heat. It was always near the top of my "great movies that you've never seen for some reason" list. It fit in with the kick I'm on right now so finally watched it. So seeing it so long after it came out might have reduced it a bit for me.

It was a toss up between it and LA Confidential. What was the tie breaker was Vincent and Chris walking away from the massive bank robbery shootout scene. Freaking awesome scene, loved it, and I get that two of the crew members died, but nobody is just walking away from that scene. So the getaway was a little unrealistic. As well as the case out when Chris is coming back to see his wife and she's on the balcony and gives him the signal it's a trap. They just pull him over and the guys check his I.D. and like yep, you're good to go.

Those are very minor complaints and it's splitting hairs fwiw.

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You realize the point of the game is it's supposed to be a difficult decision right?

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Fair enough.

Buy: Heat
Rent: The Departed
Throw away: L.A. Confidential*

(*Realistically, The Departed and L.A. Confidential are essentially 2a and 2b)

I will watch Heat at least another 6 to 8 times, while The Departed and L.A. Confidential might get 1 or 2 more.

(ETA: In fact, I just remembered, I actually own Heat on DVD or Blu Ray... )

This may be controversial, but

Buy: LA Confidential
Rent: Heat
Throw Away: The Departed

I don't think really any answer could be controversial since they are all very solid. I think think throwing away The Departed might be the hottest take you could have though.

Though I can see the argument that because The Departed is relying semi heavily on shock value, the re-watchability isn't quite there as much as the other two. .